Flowering in August, September and October
While out walking near my home in Seaford Sussex here are some blooms I came across. These are in addition to my various trips up Seaford Head in August!
Wildflowers around the town
Field Bindweed – Convolvulus arvensis
This small flowered bindweed likes my garden.
![field bindweed convolvulus arvensis my garden seaford Aug 2021](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/bindweed-flower-my-garden-seaford-Aug-2021-600x600.jpg)
Wild marjoram – Origanum vulgare
This beautiful patch of Wild marjoram was interspersed with St John’s Wort.
![Wild marjoram, Origanum vulgare with hypericum Last Meadow Seaford Aug 2021](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Wild-marjoram-Origanum-vulgare-with-hypericum-Last-Meadow-Seaford-Aug-2021-600x450.jpg)
St Johns Wort – Hypericum
I didn’t look too closely at it at the time as I know there is a population of Perforate St Johns Wort nearby. But these plants look blousier than those. I’ll have to go back and have a look sometime!
![Hypericum Last Meadow Seaford Aug 2021](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/check-this-hypericum-Last-Meadow-Seaford-Aug-2021-600x450.jpg)
Red Bartsia – Odontites vernus
![Red Bartsia Odontites vernus Seaford Head Aug 2021](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Red-Bartsia-Odontites-vernus-Seaford-Head-Aug-2021-1-600x600.jpg)
Creeping Thistle – Cirsium arvense
![Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense Seaford Last Meadow Aug 2021](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Creeping-Thistle-Cirsium-arvense-Seaford-Last-Meadow-Aug-2021-450x600.jpg)
Purple Toadflax – Linaria purpurea
I think I read somewhere that Purple Toadflax isn’t stripy but Pale Toadflax is, but Purple is much more common. The issue is somewhat further confused by garden escapes and hybridisations. I saw a paler version in Seaford in June.
![purple toadflax linaria purpurea Sutton Drove Seaford Aug 2021](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/purple-toadflax-linaria-purpurea-Sutton-Drove-Seaford-Aug-2021-450x600.jpg)
Bristly oxtongue – Picris echioides
I’d never really noticed this before, but once you have something pointed out you just keep spotting it! This yellow flower was on a wildflower spotting challenge by my local natural history society.
![Bristly oxtongue Picris echioides parkside rd seaford sep 2021](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Bristly-oxtongue-Picris-echioides-parkside-rd-seaford-sep-2021-600x450.jpg)
Michaelmas Daisy – Aster / Possible Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
This perennial is happy in the Last Meadow, where I have seen it before.
![michaelmas daisy aster novi-belgii Last Meadow Seaford Oct 2021](https://photographingwildflowers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/michaelmas-daisy-aster-novi-belgii-Last-Meadow-Seaford-Oct-2021-600x450.jpg)
There are less flowers about from October onwards, which is when I spend my time writing up my plant spotting adventures! Then I’m out and about again from March.